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LOS ANGELES TIMES DEC. 3, 2017
Fiction weeks on list 1. Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks 5 (Knopf: $26.95) The debut work of fiction by the Oscar-winning actor is a collection of warm and witty short stories. 2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The 3
Getaway by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $13.95) Can the Heffley family survive a tropical holiday vacation with sun poisoning, stomach troubles and venomous critters?
3. Manhattan Beach by Jennifer 7 Egan (Scribner: $27) The first female diver at the Brooklyn Naval Yard during World War II seeks to uncover the reason for her father’s disappearance. 4. Artemis by Andy Weir (Crown: 1 $27) A small-time smuggler living in a lunar colony attempts to pull off a heist on the moon. 5. The Midnight Line by Lee Child 2 (Delacorte: $28.99) After returning a pawned West Point ring to its owner, Jack Reacher stumbles into a vast criminal enterprise.
6. Origin by Dan Brown (Doubleday: 7 $29.95) A discovery by a futurist and former student of Robert Langdon sends him on a quest to uncover the questions of human existence. 7. Two Kinds of Truth by Michael 3 Connelly (Little, Brown: $29) While investigating the murder of two pharmacists, an old case comes back to haunt Harry Bosch. 8. Oath bringer by Brandon 1 Sanderson (Tor: $34.99) The Void bringers return in the third volume of the Storm light Archive. 9. Little Fires Everywhere by 10 Celeste Ng (Penguin Press: $27) A new family and an adoption upend a quiet Cleveland suburb. 10. Turtles All the Way Down by John 6 Green (Dutton: $19.99) In this YA novel, friendship and a love triangle are complicated by money and a mystery. Nonfiction 1. Obama: An Intimate Portrait by 2 Pete Souza (Little, Brown: $50) The White House photographer for President Obama shares images and behind-the-scenes stories. 2. Leonardo da Vinci by Walter 5 Isaacson (Simon & Schuster: $35) The award-winning biographer, known for profiling geniuses, turns his attention to Da Vinci. 3. Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden 1 (Flatiron: $27) The former vice president recalls the challenging year in office as his son battled brain cancer. 4. Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit 3 by Chris Matthews (Simon & Schuster: $28) A look at the life of the New York senator who lived in the shadow of his war-hero brothers. 5. Barking Boyle Priest (S&S: and to author the $26) Choir The of Tattoos by Jesuit Gregory on 2 the decades members Heart, of in shares working Los Angeles. what with three gang 6. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson 29 (Norton: easy introduction $18.95) A to quick the cosmos and 7. from Grant the by astrophysicist. Ron Chernow (Penguin 6 Press: Ulysses $40) S. Grant, A biography Union general of and the author two-term of “Hamilton.” U.S. president, by 8. Endurance $29.95) A memoir by Scott by Kelly the retired (Knopf: 2 astronaut commander and of former the International Space Station. 9. We Ta-Nehisi Were Eight Coates Years (One in World: Power by 8 $28) published Eight in essays the Atlantic, previously plus additional award-winning material social from critic. the 10. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson 33 (Harper One:stopping to try $24.99) to be positive How all the better, time happier will make people. us become